Weather Records on 28 May 2017

710 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 May 2017. Highest significance: Durdidwarrah, AU.

Key Facts for 28 May 2017

On 28 May 2017, 710 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
401 were record highs and 111 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 61 monthly and 648 daily.
Durdidwarrah set a daily record precipitation of 42.6 mm (1.7 in) on 28 May 2017.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

710 stations

710 station records on 28 May 2017 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 May 2017: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Durdidwarrah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Dyersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Pte de Chassiron	France	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Chernjaevo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ozark Beach 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hernando	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sewanee	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Port Campbell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lobonas_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Selbourne (Kirnbrae)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Landsort	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pte de Chassiron	France	Record high minimum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rokewood (Wurrook South)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pte de Chassiron	France	Record high maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Perl-Nennig	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dry Tortugas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 3 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nizamabad	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Healdton 3 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Falun	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kandalaksa	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-3.2 C (26.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bay Minette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bomnak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jennings	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson Springs 5 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Prague 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Windermere (Acacia House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kosrae	Federated States of Micronesia	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sikeston Pwr STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Sorell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kleve	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Logrono-Agoncillo	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Holjes	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Madill	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Padthaway (Marcollat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lop Buri	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Arkabutla Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Abashiri	Japan	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	19.7 C (67.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Shreveport	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nantes-Bouguenais	France	Record high minimum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yellow Jacket 2W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericktown	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elwha Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Poitiers - Biard	France	Record high minimum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Trier-Zewen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	33.6 C (92.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tafjord	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock AP Adams Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Arkona	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	26.8 C (80.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

710 records

Records set or tied on 28 May 2017 by type: Highest daily maximum 162, Lowest daily maximum 38, Highest daily minimum 239, Lowest daily minimum 73, Heaviest daily rainfall 198.

Records on 28 May 2017 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	162
Lowest daily maximum	38
Highest daily minimum	239
Lowest daily minimum	73
Heaviest daily rainfall	198
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 May 2017 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 61, daily 648.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

619 broken records

Margins by which the 619 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 51.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 May 2017

Top 20 records on 28 May 2017 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 May 2017	Durdidwarrah, AU	daily rain	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	112 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
28 May 2017	Dyersburg, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	123 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 May 2017	Pte de Chassiron, FR	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	126 years	60 of 100 (Major)
28 May 2017	Chernjaevo, RU	monthly rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	7 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2017	Ozark Beach 2 NNE, US	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2017	Hernando, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	123 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2017	Sewanee, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	114 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2017	Port Campbell Post Office, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	111 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2017	Lobonas_D, SE	daily rain	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2017	Selbourne (Kirnbrae), AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2017	Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	96 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2017	Landsort, SE	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	56 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2017	Poplar Bluff, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2017	Pte de Chassiron, FR	monthly high min	18.7 C (65.7 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	79 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2017	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily high min	15.8 C (60.4 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	124 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2017	Lebanon 2 W, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2017	Rokewood (Wurrook South), AU	monthly rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	38 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2017	Pte de Chassiron, FR	daily high max	28.0 C (82.4 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	98 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2017	Perl-Nennig, DE	daily rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2017	Dry Tortugas, US	monthly high min	28.9 C (84.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	62 years	43 of 100 (Notable)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1794 to 2017

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2017. 2017 had 710 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 05-28 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1797	1
1811	1
1824	1
1832	1
1836	5
1840	1
1841	1
1847	2
1848	1
1851	2
1857	1
1858	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	4
1869	1
1876	1
1879	2
1880	2
1884	3
1885	2
1887	1
1888	3
1889	3
1890	3
1891	2
1892	9
1893	2
1894	9
1895	1
1896	5
1897	6
1898	1
1899	6
1900	4
1901	6
1902	12
1903	9
1904	6
1905	14
1906	31
1907	36
1908	26
1909	7
1910	18
1911	42
1912	19
1913	28
1914	58
1915	27
1916	24
1917	36
1918	43
1919	43
1920	33
1921	87
1922	80
1923	72
1924	109
1925	122
1926	143
1927	301
1928	150
1929	355
1930	131
1931	574
1932	171
1933	212
1934	537
1935	186
1936	337
1937	212
1938	285
1939	433
1940	217
1941	711
1942	279
1943	238
1944	330
1945	331
1946	413
1947	1,049
1948	333
1949	321
1950	276
1951	503
1952	314
1953	392
1954	382
1955	413
1956	456
1957	272
1958	792
1959	557
1960	431
1961	1,026
1962	859
1963	368
1964	394
1965	536
1966	284
1967	350
1968	610
1969	863
1970	310
1971	767
1972	575
1973	834
1974	585
1975	397
1976	914
1977	826
1978	802
1979	521
1980	808
1981	711
1982	1,204
1983	1,666
1984	1,357
1985	914
1986	591
1987	1,139
1988	806
1989	817
1990	1,024
1991	1,647
1992	1,610
1993	870
1994	981
1995	1,078
1996	1,438
1997	1,108
1998	1,043
1999	952
2000	1,229
2001	1,024
2002	612
2003	1,049
2004	875
2005	1,032
2006	1,566
2007	1,084
2008	902
2009	733
2010	937
2011	1,188
2012	1,237
2013	541
2014	781
2015	487
2016	625
2017	710
2018	1,348
2019	973
2020	875
2021	537
2022	476
2023	445
2024	907
2025	663
2026	1,053

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Data for records on 2017-05-28: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-16 (16 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	565
10 to 20	38
20 to 30	10
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	1